He genuinely did not expect Feng Xi to do this.
"Disciple, this, this simply won't do. You captured these spirit beasts yourself—how can you hand them over to the sect?!"
Feng Xi said with a beaming smile, "Master, they're just younglings with practically no combat power. Keeping them is useless to me, and I'd have to waste effort taking care of them anyway. It's much better to let the sect raise them. Not only does it lift a burden off my shoulders, but it also gives more disciples a chance to get close to Earth Grade spirit beasts. Isn't that killing two birds with one stone?!"
Chapter 40